Charles Curran -Need facts, help!

[LynnieLew]

I was wrote a letter to the editor about Charles Curran the “theologian”.
I know he is techinically still a priest but I am unclear about him on the issue of abortion. Is he for it or just open to the idea? I don’t want them to print the letter if the facts are incorrect.

Please help!
Lynnie Lew

 

[buffalo]

Charles Curran

From THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, 8/19/86. "Vatican Strips Theologian’s Credentials for His Dissent. The Vatican on Monday (8/1/18) stripped the Rev. Charles Curran, a leading liberal sexual ethicist, of his status as an official theologian. He is no longer suitable or eligible to teach Catholic theology.

"The decision was approved by Pope John Paul II on July 10.

**"Curran has been under investigation since 1979 by the Vatican’s Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - formerly known as the Inquisition - for publicly dissenting from the church’s official position on abortion, contraception, masturbation, premarital intercourse and divorce.

**Here is another reason not to read the National Catholi Reporter:

Fr. Charles Curran: Once a professor of moral theology at the Catholic University of America, Curran lost his license to teach theology in 1986 because the Vatican did not approve of his views on sexuality and medical ethics. He currently teaches at Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the NCR board of the directors.